by Admin | Jun 3, 2020 | Mill Bay History
Black Pioneers Were Welcomed On Vancouver Island • 1846 The Oregon Treaty created the border between British North America and the United States along the 49th parallel. When Britain proved unwilling to give up Fort Victoria on Vancouver Island, the negotiators...
by Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Mill Bay History
In 1922, the mother of a little girl named Polly Scott asked the Women’s Institute of BC for help in the treatment of her child who was suffering a tubercular disease of the spine. Dr. Cyril Wace, who lived on what is now Kilipi Rd was consulted and suggested a...
by Admin | Feb 26, 2020 | Mill Bay History
THE 20s ARE BACK, BUT HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED! – The Mill Bay/Malahat Historical Society invites you to view some of these changes for yourself. Next time you find yourself at the Mill Bay Shopping Centre, take a stroll down the hallway leading to the medical...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2020 | Mill Bay History
Mr. Sheppard built a mill in 1859/60. He sold it to Mr. Sayward in 1861 and it was dismantled in 1878. THE MILL WAS LOCATED WHERE THE MILLSTREAM (SHAWNIGAN CREEK) FLOWS INTO MILL BAY.
by Admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Mill Bay History
The first road from Victoria was cleared in 1863 from Sooke, around Shawnigan lake and around the Chill and Rogers Lakes. One of the first men to travel this trail was J Dougan who hiked till he discovered the beautiful valley and the foot of the hill which is still...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2020 | Mill Bay History
In the early 1800s Mill Bay, Shawnigan and Cobble Hill were wilderness. There was a small Indian village where the Mill Bay ferry docks and camps in Mill Bay and various beaches along the coast to the large villages of Cowichan and Genoa Bay.
by Admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Mill Bay History
Written by Maureen Alexander with thanks to Adelaide Ellis Christmas Long Ago – Now days people like to go to Disneyland or Hawaii for Christmas but in the old days traveling any distance in winter was difficult, so Grandma or an aunt would usually invite all...
by Admin | Dec 8, 2019 | Mill Bay History
Consider a copy of ‘One Man’s Dream, the History of the Malahat Highway’. (Now available on CD and reusable 8gb Flash drive) A hilarious true story of Major James McFarlane, a rogue and a rebel whose stubborn persistence got the road built, something everyone thought...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Mill Bay History
Check out the newly designed showcase for the Mill Bay/Malahat Historical Society at the Mill Bay Shopping Centre (Health Centre/ Mill Bay...
by Admin | Feb 23, 2019 | Mill Bay History
It is 1945 and people are complaining about the lack of diversions for young people. While the older people talked the teenagers acted. They made arrangements with the Masons to wash dishes and look after the Masonic Hall in exchange for the use of it on certain...
